The only way out is through
strong ending statement
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- Sep 2018
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE WRITING THAT GENERATES A GREATER SENSE OF CONNECTION TO THE WORLD AND ITS INHABITANTS? OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING?
Yes - writing connects individuals and may be used as a tool to connect the world into common goals
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"cracker box house,"
tiny, uncomfortable house
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"hausfrau"
German housewife
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JOINING THE LIARS' CLUB: WRITING AND THE GENERATION OF HOPE
Is this saying that literature lies and gives false hope?
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I never knew despair could lie.
Quote reminds me of a person who might think the world is out to get them when in reality, all the bad perceptions are made up in their head
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be it a man or a piece of wax,
Allegory of the Cave again, not knowing something's true form - used as a metaphor
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"I suppose that everything I see is false. I believe that none of what my deceitful memory represents ever existed"
This quote reminds me of Allegory of the Cave and the disbelief that took over the first person to leave
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pitch of night.
theme of darkness and night, continued
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Why bother with reading and writing when the world is so obviously going to hell?
Bold ending statement to catch reader's attention
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ON MEDITATIVE WRITING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Straight forward title
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sympathetic and critical
balanced character
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ALSE BEING WITIIlN AND VICTORIOUSLY CONCLUDE THE SPIRI-TUAL PILGRIMAGE .... NO LONGER TO BE POISONED BY CIVILIZA-TION HE FLEES, AND WALKS ALONE UPON THE LAND TO BECOME LOST IN THE WILD.
Quote used from book to emphasize and back up author's ideas
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McCANDLESS STANDS AS EVIDENCE THAT THERE CONTINUE TO BE REAL READERS WHO INVEST THE ACTIVITIES OF READING AND WRITING WITH GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.
this quote demands attention
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FOLLOWING THE WORD
Makes me think of religion - following the word of god
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THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Theme of darkness continued
I expect someone to be deeply twisted in this story
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never have any lasting significance.
pessimistic outlook
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t, brings news of futility, ignorance, insignificance, humiliation
the thoughts that keep you up at night are rarely ever good ones
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information that comes at night
the thoughts that keep you awake at night
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information that comes with age
wisdom
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read as a meditation on the fact that sooner or later all writers encounter something that robs them of their sleep, something that deprives them of feeling that what they do matters.
A way to show other writers that they are not alone in their thoughts
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"fuck[ing] people up" for sport
Likes to make other's lives a living hell for his own pleasure
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you
First "you" used in essay so far, used to grab back reader's attention; refocus
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The dark night of the soul
Title
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They read, they wrote, they talked.
Contradiction to what the author built up in the reader's mind - that if they had done this or that differently, it wouldn't have happened
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"dark and sad"; they created a video for a class project in which they acted out their fantasy of moving through the school gunning down their tormentors
Why would nobody acknowledge this behavior and take action?
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Does group discussion?
Social facilitation instead of isolation may help
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What is to be done? What is to be done?
Repetition used for emphasis
Sometimes there is no solid answer on how to counteract hate.
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In this excerpt, he swears 5 times which is a sign of lack of education or care, as people tend to use swears because they don't have any better way of portraying their emotions.
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don't change any policies just because of us.
Why? so it will be easy for others to repeat this act of hate?
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we are kind of a select case here so dont think this will happen again.
He thinks he is one of a kind and special, greater than others, furthering my suspicion of his possible coming down from a bipolar high
I disagree. I believe hate will always happen
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i dont want no fucking
Poor education
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V
Who is V? the other name is Klebold... possible third party responsible?
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Eric Harris certainly didn't accept the idea that anyone was to blame for his actions or that anything could have been done to stop him or Dylan Klebold in going forward with their plan.
Sign of mental illness - "I can do anything" mindset, causes for belief of possible bipolar disorder, this being a "high" part as the highs in bipolar disorder cause the person to believe they can succeed in anything.
Studies show that suicides and homicides that come from a person with bipolar disorder usually come when the person is coming down from a high, as they have negative thoughts leaving the high but still have the energy and motivation from the high to carry out the actions.
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swastikas were found scratched in a stall in one of the high school's newly painted bathrooms
the darkness in our souls title reference again - supporting hate, not making a change, there will always be people who show their dark souls
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WHAT LEGAL OR EDUCATIONAL RESPONSE COULD BE EQUAL TO THE CHALLENGE OF CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF SO MANY STUDENTS FROM SUCH VARIED BACKGROUNDS?
Author's rhetorical/unanswerable question pattern continues
Used for emphasis, main idea
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Erfurt, Germany
International issue
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Following, evidence to back up claim
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Surely; more laws, more education, and more religious instruction would bring these violent stu-dents back into line.
No- mental illness is not cured by laws, education or religion
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Who is to blame?
The boys, the bystanders who saw the signs and did nothing, the circumstances, the people who took no action to help their obvious mental illnesses
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Why did this happen?
There will always be evil in us - darkness in our souls, like the title
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The Dark Night of the Soul
I expect this piece to be about the darkness that lurks within our souls.
Title means our souls carry darkness.
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learning how to speak in ways that others can hear,
appealing to his audience
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RICHARD E. Miller
I expect this to be autobiographical, it's relevant to his life and accomplishments
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be in more than one world at once.
appeal to multiple audiences at once
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